MaxLength

Caution

The MaxLength constraint is deprecated since version 2.1 and will be removed in Symfony 2.3. Use Length with the max option instead.

Validates that the length of a string is not larger than the given limit.

Applies to	property or method
Options	limit message charset
Class	MaxLength
Validator	MaxLengthValidator

Basic Usage

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        # src/Acme/BlogBundle/Resources/config/validation.yml
Acme\BlogBundle\Entity\Blog:
    properties:
        summary:
            - MaxLength: 100
    

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        // src/Acme/BlogBundle/Entity/Blog.php
namespace Acme\BlogBundle\Entity;

use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

class Blog
{
    /**
     * @Assert\MaxLength(100)
     */
    protected $summary;
}
    

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        <!-- src/Acme/BlogBundle/Resources/config/validation.xml -->
<class name="Acme\BlogBundle\Entity\Blog">
    <property name="summary">
        <constraint name="MaxLength">
            <option name="limit">100</option>
        </constraint>
    </property>
</class>
    

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        // src/Acme/BlogBundle/Entity/Blog.php
namespace Acme\BlogBundle\Entity;

use Symfony\Component\Validator\Mapping\ClassMetadata;
use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

class Blog
{
    public static function loadValidatorMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata)
    {
        $metadata->addPropertyConstraint('summary', new Assert\MaxLength(array(
            'limit' => 100,
        )));
    }
}
    

Options

limit

type: integer [default option]

This required option is the "max" value. Validation will fail if the length of the give string is greater than this number.

message

type: string default: This value is too long. It should have {{ limit }} characters or less

The message that will be shown if the underlying string has a length that is longer than the limit option.

charset

type: charset default: UTF-8

If the PHP extension "mbstring" is installed, then the PHP function mb_strlen will be used to calculate the length of the string. The value of the charset option is passed as the second argument to that function.

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